OUTDOORS: Join Us as We Make Home Heating Fuel from Dead Trees
Join us on a tiring but productive family work bee as we turn some dead elm trees into valuable home heating fuel.
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TRIM & MOULDING: An Easier & Much Better Way To sand It
Watch and learn how a simple attachment for your drill press or drill can make a big difference in the speed and success of sanding trim. It’s surprising what this tool can do.
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INTERIORS: “Can I Use Click Flooring Over Infloor Heating?”
Question: Is it safe to use click-together engineered hardwood flooring over a radiant infloor heating system? I’ve heard warnings against this application, but would like to have a heated wood floor in my home, if possible. Answer: The short answer…
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WOOD FINISHING: Watch a Video Lesson on the Basics of a Urethane Finish
Are you frustrated with the results you get finishing wood in your home workshop? My online course Wood Finishing for Beginners can help. You’ll learn everything you need to know to create a handful of beautiful, interior finishes on furniture,…
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HOMEBUILDING: “What’s the best way to learn all about building a house myself?”
Video Watch Time = 1 3/4 minutes Question: “How can I learn to build my own house? I’ve got a piece of land, but no experience with a project as large as a house. Is building my own place a…
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METALWORKING: Forging Steel In The Home Workshop
Forging steel is not a mainstream hobby, and it never will be. That said, there are still thousands of people with a little bit of garage space and hidden talents that could be used to create beautiful and useful metal things…
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VEHICLES: Let Me Tell You About My Old Ford Pickup Truck
Part of the family for 15 years and counting.
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DECKS: Key FinishingTips That Make All The Difference
Got a wooden deck to stain? Need advice refinishing an older deck? You’ve come to the right place. I’ve been finishing decks for 30 years. Everything I know is right here.
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TOOLS: How To Use An Electric Saw Chain Sharpener
How to Sharpen a Chainsaw Sharpening a chainsaw properly can take more time and more skill than meets the eye. Electric chainsaw sharpeners make this job much easier than using a file, your chain can cutter better than new, but you…
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HOME BUYING: Inspect Your Inspector Before Hiring
Inspecting a home professionally is all about knowing the important details, looking closely at them, them making a report to you, the prospective buyer. But there’s also a huge difference in the quality of home inspections because there’s a huge…
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DECKS: the Right Way To Anchor a Deck To Your House
Planning to build a deck? Be careful how you anchor it to your house wall, if you should even do this at all, as I’ll show you.
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BASEMENTS: Install a Shower & Toilet Without Gravity Drains
How do you install a bathroom where a sewage drain pipe doesn’t exist? Or perhaps there’s a drain pipe, but it’s up high on the wall in a way that a shower or toilet in the basement couldn’t drain into…
